Look At This Tomato

Look at this tomato! I grew it... by grew it I mean I bought it as a little plant, planted it in the ground then sort of forgot about it and it miraculously grew. And look how lovely! And the stupid boyfriend refuses to eat any because I didn't buy them from a supermarket, even though this particular tomato in question is fresh by only a few minutes from the stalk and pesticide free! Bah! 

Planting Time

I did some work on the garden this weekend and although it was all looking quite nice I was lacking actual plants so it was rather bare. I picked up a few from the Range. 

I got a pepper, tomatoes, rosemary and mint

And raspberries, blueberries, strawberries and I resuscitated a lavender and heather that the boyfriend has strimmed several times

Sunday Gardening

I decided today was the day, the day to sort my garden out. First the raised bed, I picked a really wonky uneven spot in the corner. 

Yes I could have flattened the ground and dug up the grass but this seemed like a lot of effort so instead I just covered the ground in newspaper. 

Got a bit of compost...

Petted my gardening assistant...

Et voila! 

Next stop the border, it looked lovely last year but since then the lawn just kept growing into it and I'm far too lazy to keep digging it up

So I dug it up, added in some edging then lots of compost... it's a bit wonky but it was hot and that's as good as it's going to get people

Last item of business, plant some cat grass courtesy of my mother for my gardening assistant, sorted!

OSCEs

Well my chums, what have I been up to so far this week... I have been revising and taking my two OSCE exams at uni for the end of year. I had to write on the flip chart during the skills lab for Dr ABCDE so my notes were... Ok I just stole the flip chart page. I did write it though! So I revised from the giant poster and I still forgot bits of it in the exam. Oh well, feeling a bit frazzled now.

I got a new raised bed that the boyfriend put together for me, good of him. Now I need to buy some compost to go in it, find a good place for it and get planting stuff. 

And I made a discovery - when you run out of soy sauce, use two teaspoons of marmite, now you know

Bank Holiday Gardening Follies

The boyfriend and I took the obligatory bank holiday trip today to B & Q and Homebase; I in search of a few plants for our new garden, he in search of a strimmer. 

I got a lavender, 4 heathers and a fuchsia to make a start (after I had hacked away the overgrown borders)

Pussycat had a thorough inspection by sticking his face into each plant, a necessary task. And the boyfriend had much fun strimming.